Alyce24

I'm down another 3 pounds from my last weigh-in which is awesome and wonderful and exciting! I feel like my recent pound droppage is at the expense of my sleep lately though. I had a 5-8 week battle with severe acid reflux at night then I started prescription prilosec, some home remedies, changed my eating time, propped up my head at night and I finally have noticed an improvement in the acid reflux. Now I'm left with the chronic cough brought on by acid reflux along with some strange clear liquid stuff that comes up on occasion even though I don't drink water near bedtime. So very odd, but it's not acid and it's not painful or uncomfortable. I'm starting a cough suppressant tonight and here's hoping that this wonderful weight loss I've been experiencing lately won't be at the sacrifice of quality sleep....

I'm down another 3 pounds from my last weigh-in which is awesome and wonderful and exciting! I feel like my recent pound droppage is at the expense of my sleep lately though. I had a 5-8 week battle with severe acid reflux at night then I started prescription prilosec, some home remedies, changed my eating time, propped up my head at night and I finally have noticed an improvement in the acid reflux. Now I'm left with the chronic cough brought on by acid reflux along with some strange clear liquid stuff that comes up on occasion even though I don't drink water near bedtime. So very odd, but it's not acid and it's not painful or uncomfortable. I'm starting a cough suppressant tonight and here's hoping that this wonderful weight loss I've been experiencing lately won't be at the sacrifice of quality sleep....

I don't have answers but i can say that I'm going through almost the same thing right now. It has been going on at least the last 10 nights. I started with severe acid reflux at night and now that I've started prilosec and some meal time changes, etc this is what I'm left with. I was attributing it to my sinuses draining?? I also am left with a chronic night time cough so I figured the clear liquid that was coming up was because the cough didn't have anything else to bring up. I'm in the same boat as far as insurance goes. I have insurance but my deductible is HUGE because I work for a small company so I really can't afford yet another 12 minute doctor's appointment just to have the doc tell me things I already knew. I have no idea what this is all about but I do know it's very strange and I'm not sure what to attribute it to. Sorry I can't help - just wanted to let you know there are others out there.

Update for those who are interested... I emailed my surgeon and got a response. He says that he's not concerned since I've been able to keep other meals down and my current diet of liquids & mushies is going okay too. He says if I'm back to throwing up after I return to my regular diet then I need to go to a local doc, but otherwise it was probably swelling from the initial episode that kept me running back to the bathroom... So we'll see how I am when I get back to regular food this weekend. Now if they could only find a cure for acid reflux:rolleyes2:

Thank you Spartan. I realized soon after my last post that the pro-doc responses are completely correct there's nothing wrong with contacting my doctor. The tough part is I was banded in Mexico so my best bet will be email (which I've written) and they'll be getting back with me soon hopefully. My hometown docs aren't very knowledgeable about the band, though I have one that I can turn to if my surgeon can't give me good info. So between here, mushies & liquids, my Mexico surgeon, and my one band conscious doc here hopefully I'll get some good results! I'll update if there's some revelation that one of the docs share with me! Thanks again, I really do appreciate it.

Thanks SO much everyone. I decided to go with liquids, etc for the next few days and let my stomach heal. I forget about the trauma vomiting can put the organs through and I think cwm is right and I never really let my stomach recover from that episode. I'm going to give it a few days of liquids & mushies and then see where I am after that. I've been under a lot of stress lately not to mention my acid reflux and I think combining everything has just put my digestive system through the ringer. If I don't see an improvement in a few days I'm definitely going to call my doc and see what can be done. At least the frustration is gone, and a plan is in place. Thanks again to everyone for responding - it's really nice to be reminded that there are others out there

Banded in May 2009 I have thrown up once about 4 months after my surgery because I ate too fast. Since then no more problems.... until this past Thursday. I am at 2.5/4 ccs, last fill about 3 weeks ago. Everything has been going down fine since my last fill so it wasn't like an immediate problem.... Last Thursday I started eating lunch and quickly experienced extreme discomfort that usually indicates I've eaten too much and I ultimately threw up. I scolded myself afterward and was determined to eat slowly and be more conscious of what I was taking in. Friday passed by fine, then Saturday I'm eating dinner - I had a little over 1/8th cup veggie, and 1 and 1/2 3 inch long "wraps" with a toasted tortilla. The pain came again and I ultimately threw up my dinner Saturday. Sunday night I'm eating a Smart Ones meal, chewing well and halfway through my meal...guess what??? I threw up. And again today for lunch I had 1/4 cup of carb, 1/8th cup veggie, 2 small pieces of nugget size chicken and just threw it up!!! That's 4 times in 5 days! I'm taking prescription strength Prilosec nightly due to severe acid reflux/GERD and honestly it's not helping a tremendous amount. I'm wondering if this is a band slip or is this somehow related to my acid reflux...? Has anyone else experienced this to some degree? I'll go back to my doctor if I have to, but honestly my local docs aren't that knowledeable about bands and it's hard to go to them for information... I'm so very frustrated. How do I suddenly suck at this?!?!:thumbup:

I like to stay positive. It's hard because things can easily get overwhelming when you think about everything at once. So here I am sharing with everyone the things that have turned my busy/bad/yucky days into good days I went down a shirt size - AWESOME! I zipped up pants that wouldn't cover my rear end 3 weeks ago - AWESOMER! I'm down another 3 pounds - HOORAY! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow that will hopefully lead to a settling of my acid reflux and more importantly a full night's sleep - A GREAT BIG SIGH OF RELIEF Yup that's all. I'm going to get back into working out this week, I'm eating better, stressful things are slowly being checked off my list... life is good.

I like to stay positive. It's hard because things can easily get overwhelming when you think about everything at once. So here I am sharing with everyone the things that have turned my busy/bad/yucky days into good days :mad: I went down a shirt size - AWESOME! I zipped up pants that wouldn't cover my rear end 3 weeks ago - AWESOMER! I'm down another 3 pounds - HOORAY! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow that will hopefully lead to a settling of my acid reflux and more importantly a full night's sleep - A GREAT BIG SIGH OF RELIEF :eek: Yup that's all. I'm going to get back into working out this week, I'm eating better, stressful things are slowly being checked off my list... life is good.

Thanks so much for the replies :cursing: I did forget to mention fills.... I'm going in for my 3rd fill next Thursday. I have a 9.75 cm Inamed band so my max is 4 ccs. So far I have 2ccs in my band. Restriction has been great for at least 4-6 weeks post fill so I'm hoping for the same this go round. I'm a therapist, I work with children. I wouldn't call my day "sedentary"... I move around, play on the flour, demonstrate exercises, and I'm up and down stairs every hour. I wouldn't call myself "active" either though. I was working out daily then I got a cold (probably from one of the kids) and I stopped my daily visits. Last Friday was my last time in the gym. I'm feeling better now, so I'm planning to get back into my routine which has been at least 30 minutes of cardio. Thanks again everyone, I appreciate the support. You probably will start getting messages from me I wanna be all I can be:blush:

Hi, I was banded 5/19/09 in Monterrey Mexico. I'm a 24 year old female currently living in Fairbanks, AK - though I will be moving back home to Georgia in July of this year. I've currently lost 37 pounds. I feel like I'm doing alright but I'm not reaching my potential with this if that makes sense. I'm still struggling with telling myself "no" as far as food goes. I looked to food for so long so it's tough now to turn away. I'd like to just have someone to email or message back and forth every now and again when I'm looking for encouragement or suggestions, etc. I really want to maximize my potential and get the most out of this experience and I feel like having someone to keep me accountable will help with that goal. I guess that's all. Thanks.

I think that's a wonderful plan & I wish you the best with that. I can definitely relate to your feelings, especially with exercising, I'm hoping to just start working out every day so there's no excuse.

Yay!! Reading that made me happy, so I can only imagine how you feel :-) I can't wait to be overweight... And I think happy dancing is a COMPLETELY valid form of exercise.